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Page last updated at 11:50 GMT, Thursday, 23 July 2009 12:50 UK

Is the UK turning a blind eye to Muslim polygamy?

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Reporter Sorious Samora, who was himself raised in a polygamous family in Sierra Leone, investigates the cultural sensitivities around polygamy and claims that polygamous marriages are on the rise in UK Muslim communities, but that the government is failing to tackle the issue.

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